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Terry Bivins

{{short description|Racecar driver from Kansas}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|

name = Terry Bivins |

birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|9|13}} |

death_date = |

birth_place = Shawnee Mission, Kansas |

death_cause = |

Best_Cup_Pos = 21st (1976) |

image =|

caption = |

Cup_Wins = 0|

Cup_Top_Tens = 8|

Cup_Poles = 0|

First_Cup_Race = 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan International Speedway)|

First_Cup_Win = |

Last_Cup_Win = |

Last_Cup_Race = 1977 Southern 500 (Darlington Raceway)|

awards = inducted into the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame in its first class (2004)|

Years_In_Cup = 3|

Total_Cup_Races = 28||

}}

Terry Bivins (born September 13, 1943) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1975 to 1977.{{cite web |title=Terry Bivins NASCAR statistics |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Terry_Bivins/ |website=Racing Reference |access-date=August 4, 2021}} Bivins had a career-best finish of fifth in 28 races. He finished disputed second for the 1976 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Career

=Early career=

Bivins began racing in 1964 with a used 1955 Ford car that he bought at a car lot. He added a roll cage to the car and started racing using the snow tires that came with the car.

=NASCAR career=

Bivins ran two NASCAR races in 1975, with a best finish of ninth at Michigan International Speedway.

He ran for NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 1976. Bivins shared a shop with Richard Childress in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.{{cite news |last1=Mlynar |first1=Bobbi |title=Lebo's Bivins back on track |url=http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/article_c3a56c83-99c3-5463-a954-d5561a398a51.html |access-date=August 4, 2021 |work=Emporia Gazette |date=October 25, 2007 |language=en}} Bivins competed in 18 of 30 events with 6 Top 10 finishes and his career-best finish of fifth at the 1976 Richmond 400 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. Bivins finished in a disputed second place for the Rookie of the Year to Skip Manning. Bivins was announced as the Rookie of the Year after the Ontario Motor Speedway race.{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Rick |title=At 68, Bivins still adding to racing legacy |url=https://www.cjonline.com/article/20120606/SPORTS/306069798 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |work=Topeka Capital-Journal |date=June 6, 2012 |language=en}} Bivins was quoted by the Emporia Gazette in 2007, "I won the Rookie of the Year. We had a celebration dinner. They turned that around and gave it to Skip Manning. (Manning's sponsor) went to NASCAR and told them if his guy didn’t win the sponsor would pull out.”

Bivins competed in 8 of 30 events with 1 Top 10 during the 1977 season before retiring from racing out of frustration from losing the Rookie of the Year crown.

In his NASCAR career, he led six laps out of 7,901 - the equivalent of {{convert|8822.8|mi|km}}. For starting an average of 20th place and finishing an average of 17th, Bivins earned a grand total of $61,725 in total prize winnings. Bivins raced from the age of 31 to the age of 33.

=Career after NASCAR=

After retiring from NASCAR, Bivins drove a limited schedule for the ASA before putting a hiatus to his stock car career in 1980.[http://www.jcs-group.com/racin/stock/car.html Terry Bivins] racing information at JCS Group In 2010, Bivins has resumed racing career in a Modified.

Terry later raced at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas in the Grand National Class. Car #5 and he won three feature races in 2018. He then moved to B-Mods in 2019, 2020 and 2021 when he lived in Lebo, Kansas.name=wikiresu Bivins retired from racing in the middle of 2021 with health issues.{{Cite episode |title=Lucas Oil Sprints at Lakeside |episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series=Lucas Oil ASCS Series |series-link= |first= |last= |network=FloRacing |station=RacinBoys |date=August 3, 2021 |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time=12:40 |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}} He had over 400 wins in his career despite not racing during 30 of the years between his first and last race. He won track championships on both pavement and dirt at Lakeside and I-70 Speedway.

Personal life

After retiring from NASCAR, he started his own construction company. Bivins later was a professional fisherman.

Throughout his career, Bivins received help from his stepfather Jim and his mother Kay Jones. Bivins is married to Claudia Bivins. She was always on his pit crew, whether as a video recorder or helping repair the car. Bivins' son James Bivins helped on his pit crew for several decades.

Career Honors

Bivins was elected in the first class (2004) into the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame for drivers in the Kansas City area.

Motorsports results

= NASCAR =

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Winston Cup Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=40| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1975

! rowspan=2| Billy Moyer

! rowspan=2| 63

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| RSD

| DAY

| RCH

| CAR

| BRI

| ATL

| NWS

| DAR

| MAR

| TAL

| NSV

| DOV

| CLT

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

| NSV

| POC

| TAL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
{{small|9}}

| DAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
{{small|21}}

| NWS

| MAR

| CLT

| RCH

| CAR

| BRI

| ATL

| ONT

! 77th

! 138

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bivinte01/1975/W|title=Terry Bivins – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 25, 2023}}

rowspan=4| 1976

| RSD

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|26}}

| NWS

| DAR

| MAR

| TAL

| NSV

| DOV

| CLT

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
{{small|19}}

| TAL

| colspan=11|

! rowspan=4| 21st

! rowspan=4| 2099

! rowspan=4| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bivinte01/1976/W|title=Terry Bivins – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 25, 2023}}

Ballard Racing

! 30

! Chevy

| colspan=16|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|22}}

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|22}}

|

Bill Champion

! 10

! Ford

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
{{small|15}}

| colspan=10|

Michael Brocman

! 50

! Chevy

| colspan=29|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ONT
{{small|7}}

rowspan=6| 1977

! Ballard Racing

! 03

! Chevy

| RSD

| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DAY
{{small|QL†}}

| colspan=28|

! rowspan=6| 38th

! rowspan=6| 841

! rowspan=6| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bivinte01/1977/W|title=Terry Bivins – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 25, 2023}}

Don Robertson

! 25

! Chevy

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|17}}

| colspan=24|

Mike Kempton

! 69

! Chevy

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|30}}

| BRI

| colspan=22|

rowspan=2| Bill Monaghan

! 81

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
{{small|11}}

| colspan=21|

80

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
{{small|9}}

| NSV

| DOV

| CLT

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

| NSV

| POC

| TAL

| MCH

| BRI

| colspan=9|

Harold Miller

! 91

! Chevy

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|24}}

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| ATL

| ONT

colspan=50|† - Qualified but replaced by Walter Ballard

===Daytona 500===

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1976

| Billy Moyer

| Chevrolet

|align=center| 19

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8

1977

| Ballard Racing

| Chevrolet

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;"| QL†

colspan=5|† - Qualified but replaced by Walter Ballard

=ARCA SuperCar Series=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| ARCA SuperCar Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! {{Tooltip|ARSC|ARCA Racing Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1992

! rowspan=2| N/A

! 4

! rowspan=2| Pontiac

| DAY

| FIF

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TWS
{{small|8}}

| TAL

| TOL

| KIL

| POC

| colspan=14|

! rowspan=2| N/A

! rowspan=2| 0

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bivinte01/1992/A|title=Terry Bivins – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 25, 2023}}

53

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|36}}

| FRS

| KIL

| NSH

| DEL

| POC

| HPT

| FRS

| ISF

| TOL

| DSF

| TWS

| SLM

| ATL

References

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{{Ballard Racing}}

{{Champion Racing}}

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Category:1943 births

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers

Category:American Speed Association drivers

Category:Sportspeople from Johnson County, Kansas

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Category:Racing drivers from Kansas